technical difficulties

plural noun

: technical problems : problems with equipment

This television station is currently experiencing technical difficulties.

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The money grab by the NBA, which signed an 11-year deal with Prime Video, isn’t worth it if the network can’t telecast a game without technical difficulties. —

Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026 Soon, separate error messages for the two streams appeared that alluded to technical difficulties. —

Matt Moret, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2026 Ideally, during the final minutes of a do-or-die playoff game, fans wouldn’t miss any of the game due to technical difficulties. —

Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026 The streaming service’s 2022 debut of Thursday Night Football, for instance, had technical difficulties, with the stream sometimes freezing, and the audio was out of sync for some viewers. —

Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for technical difficulties

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